Senators: Compromise On Gun Reform Within Reach

The Washington Post reports:

Key senators said Sunday there is growing momentum to forge a bipartisan congressional response to recent mass shootings that could toughen federal gun laws for the first time in a generation. But a deal is not yet in hand, they warned, and the delicate talks are expected to continue for several more days as negotiators seek to garner enough Republican support to get a compromise bill through the Senate.

Should an agreement come together, it is certain to fall well short of the parameters that President Biden laid out in a White House address on Thursday, when he called for renewing the federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, as well as significantly expanding federal background checks for gun buyers and removing the firearms industry’s immunity from lawsuits.

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Senators say gun deal is within reach, but without Biden’s wish list

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But as I’ve said many times, I’m not going to support something that just checks a box. I won’t support a compromise unless it saves lives. https://t.co/hLVLmTcEoW

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